Card House: The First Hand is an urban fiction/dramatic comedy by Author J. Maurice based on a family from the communities of Chicago who has all individually been dealt their own fair share of "bad hands". The story is told in the words of Alicia, the middle daughter in the Yarbrough family who is living a secret life alongside her physically abusive boyfriend J-Ace, all while serving as a crutch...for her older sister who is fighting to save her...